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lectual enjoyments; but when the novelty of the ſcene is worn off, the want of them will be felt, and nothing elſe can fill up the void. The mind is confined to the body, and muſt ſink into ſenſuality; for it has nothing to do but to provide for it, "how it ſhall eat and drink, and wherewithal it ſhall be clothed."

All kinds of refinement have been found fault with for increaſing our cares and ſorrows; yet ſurely the contrary effect alſo ariſes from them. Taſte and thought open many ſources of pleaſure, which do not depend on fortune.

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